A Person-Centered Care Intervention for Geriatric Certified Nursing Assistants
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A person-centered care intervention for geriatric certified nursing assistants.
PURPOSE To pilot test a multicomponent intervention to increase certified nursing assistants' (CNAs) awareness of person-centered care. To establish the feasibility of implementing an intervention involving videotaped biographies of residents and videotapes of resident/CNA caregiving interactions. DESIGN AND METHODS A training program was provided at two nursing homes (NHs) using a wait-list ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Gerontologist
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1758-5341,0016-9013
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gns135